Does the "Survivor" Dental Plan Cover Custom Grills?

There were two big events on the latest episode of "Survivor," "You're Going to Want that Tooth," an episode title that obviously refers to one of these events. Early in the episode, Spencer (who I had no idea was even on "Survivor" before this episode), reveals to the camera that he is gay. Of course, he's not going to come out to his tribemates because he feels that he has nothing to gain by doing so. The rest of the episode focuses on him, as he fears that if Southern farmer J.T. found out, that would spell the end of Spencer's run. By focusing on the previously background-only character of Spencer, this translated into totally lazy editing decisions by the producers and you had to know that Spencer's torch would be snuffed by episode's end (and it was). Of course, the reason behind Spencer being kicked off the island wasn't because of his (camera) reveal, but because he was terrible in the Immunity Challenge.

And that brings up to the tooth, J.T.'s tooth in particular. The Immunity Challenge involved two tribemates from each tribe launching balls from a slingshot to the remaining four tribemates, who tried to catch the balls with handheld nets. Each ball caught and secured in the net would award the tribe one point, with the first tribe to five points winning the challenge. J.T., fighting tooth-and-nail (literally) caught four balls by himself, nearly pushing Jalapao to victory. Once Timbira started guarding him (and knocking out his teeth), Spencer showed that he had zero game, leading the usually cool-headed J.T. to erupt on Spencer and his lack of skills. Of course, this was after Sierra knocked out one of J.T.'s teeth with a well placed shot to the mouth. J.T., consummate man that his is, spit the tooth out and tossed it away. Host Jeff Probst, sensing another Emmy-nomination chance, picked up said tooth, gave it back to J.T. at the end of the challenge and named the episode in one move. Classic (though I think J.T. then tossed it away again in anger)!

"Dude, I heard if you put this under your pillow at night, the Tooth Fairy will give you a shiny quarter!"

Earlier, the Reward Challenge was won by Jalapao, a challenge that involved tribemates twirling on a Sit-and-Spin then walking a balance beam to score points. This is something that I love doing with my son, so the Challenge was a plus in my book... nothing better than seeing dizzy people try to walk straight! Taken to the product placement "Charmin Cafe," Jalapao go to nosh on pastries, cookies, muffins and drink coffee. Of course, it wouldn't be the "Charmin Cafe" without a toilet, which after gorging on pastries after eating nothing but rice and beans for weeks might have come in handy.

Erinn rocking the "Sexy Librarian" look.

Of course, the big news of the episode was that Taj and Stephen finally found the hidden Immunity Idol, which Taj gave to Stephen to hold onto because he has pockets in his shorts. Stephen, never being happier to actually have pockets, sensed an opportunity because he was in actual possession of the Idol. Of course, he stupidly did not use this advantage later to get Taj voted off when the tribemates were weighing the options of voting off either Spencer or Taj. Going down this path, of turning on Taj, would have actually shaken up the season, a season that has been less than stellar and is still filled with too many "who's that" contestants. If the producers would solely focus on the three most interesting members (which next week's preview alludes to), Coach, Tyson and J.T., then this cycle might just be saved.